Dick Cheney

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Vice President of the United States (2001-2009)

U.S. Secretary of Defense (1989-1993)

Chair of the House Republican Congress (1987-1989)

White House Chief of Staff (1975-1977)

Dick Cheney is an American statesman who has served at the highest levels of the US Government and private sector. As White House Chief of Staff in the aftermath of Watergate and America’s withdrawal from Vietnam, Wyoming’s Congressman and a member of the House Republican leadership during the Reagan years, Secretary of Defense as the Cold War ended and America defeated Iraq in Desert Storm, former CEO of Halliburton, and Vice President of the United States on 9/11 at the dawn of the Global War on Terror, Cheney has participated in many of the events that have shaped our nation for over four decades. Few Americans alive today can match the breadth and depth of his experience and service. As a statesman, policymaker, businessman, and politician Cheney’s insight, experiences and knowledge are unparalleled.

Dick Cheney is an American statesman who has served at the highest levels of the US Government and private sector. As White House Chief of Staff in the aftermath of Watergate and America’s withdrawal from Vietnam, Wyoming’s Congressman and a member of the House Republican leadership during the Reagan years, Secretary of Defense as the Cold War ended and America defeated Iraq in Desert Storm, former CEO of Halliburton, and Vice President of the United States on 9/11 at the dawn of the Global War on Terror, Cheney has participated in many of the events that have shaped our nation for over four decades. Few Americans alive today can match the breadth and depth of his experience and service. As a statesman, policymaker, businessman, and politician Cheney’s insight, experiences and knowledge are unparalleled.

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Vice President Cheney gave an engaging account of his breadth of experience in some of our nation's most historic moments.

With nearly four decades of experience, from his tenure as the White House Chief of Staff under President Ford, through his leadership as the 46th Vice President of the United States, few Americans alive today can match the breadth and depth of Vice President Cheney's experience and service. As a st ...

With nearly four decades of experience, from his tenure as the White House Chief of Staff under President Ford, through his leadership as the 46th Vice President of the United States, few Americans alive today can match the breadth and depth of Vice President Cheney's experience and service. As a statesman, policymaker, businessman, and politician, Cheney’s insight, experience and knowledge are unparalleled. A leader in our country at the highest levels, Vice President Cheney offers audiences a sweeping picture and unprecedented insider’s view of some of the most debated issues during his tenure, as well as insight on the current political landscape.

Heart

Vice President Cheney has lived a public life in government service and business, and while the world knew about his cardiac problems, he did not discuss them much until recently.In the 35 years since his first of five heart attacks in 1978, Vice President Cheney has personally benefited from revolu ...

Vice President Cheney has lived a public life in government service and business, and while the world knew about his cardiac problems, he did not discuss them much until recently. In the 35 years since his first of five heart attacks in 1978, Vice President Cheney has personally benefited from revolutionary changes in cardiac care, including a heart transplant in 2012. Now, Vice President Cheney shares his story and how remarkable advancements in modern medicine, well-funded research and dedicated medical teams saved his life. In his newest book Heart, co-authored with his long-term cardiologist, Vice President Cheney chronicles the amazing advancements in cardiac care in the last four decades interwoven with his dramatic personal health story. The book serves as a poignant and personal case-study of how advancements in science – in any area of disease – give hope to millions struggling around the world.

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Vice President Dick Cheney met with the President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-Wen to discuss the strategic partnership between Taiwan and the United States. Tsai heralded Cheney as a long-time supporter of the Taiwan Relations Act—a Congressional act that has been fundamental to Taiwan’s security and development— and emphasized she looks forward to Cheney’s continued support as U.S.-Taiwan relations grow in the areas of trade, investment, defense and more. A trusted expert on Asia-Pacific relations, Cheney was in Taiwan to deliver a keynote at the 2017 Asia-Pacific Security Dialogue in Taipei. For an audience of trop government officials, students and diplomats, Cheney shed light on security issues in the Asia-Pacific region, regional economic integration, and Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy.

"Our children need to know that they are citizens of the most powerful, good and honorable nation in the history of mankind—the exceptional nation. They must know that they are the inheritors of a great legacy and a great duty. Ordinary Americans have done heroic things to guarantee freedom’s survival. Now, it is up to us."

Across four decades of public life, Dick Cheney has served at the highest levels of government during some of the most critical days in modern American history.

In the post-Watergate administration of Gerald Ford, the president turned to 34-year-old Dick Cheney to lead the White House staff in the work of restoring the nation’s confidence and waging the president’s 1976 campaign.

After leaving the White House, Cheney returned to his home state of Wyoming, where he was elected in 1978 as the state’s sole member of the House of Representatives. Re-elected to office five times, Cheney served in several leadership positions and was chosen by his colleagues as the minority whip, the number two position in the House Republican leadership.

Early in Cheney’s sixth term, in 1989, he was nominated by President George Bush to serve as Secretary of Defense, and was confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate. In his four years at the Pentagon, Cheney led American forces to victory in Operation Just Cause in Panama, and Operation Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf. In 1991, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Through most of the 1990s, Cheney worked in the private sector as chief executive officer of the Halliburton Company in Dallas, Texas. In 2000, George W. Bush asked Cheney to become his running mate and in August 2000, Cheney became the Republican vice presidential nominee. President Bush and Vice President Cheney were inaugurated for the first of two terms on January 20, 2001.

In the eight eventful years of the Bush presidency, the vice president was best known for his involvement in national security matters following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Cheney has been recognized by many as the most powerful and consequential vice president in American history, and worked side by side with George W. Bush to keep our homeland safe and protect Americans from terrorist attacks for seven and a half years following 9/11.

President Bush and Vice President Cheney left office in January 2009. Shortly thereafter, Vice President Cheney believes President Obama began to dismantle the security policies that had kept the nation safe. Vice President Cheney feels that President Obama's policy decisions have led to a reversal of the gains America made in the war on terror, in countries like Iraq and Afghanistan, and a weakening of America across the globe.

Vice President Cheney was born on January 30, 1941 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He and his wife, Lynne V. Cheney, live in Wyoming and have two daughters and seven grandchildren. Vice President Cheney’s memoir, In My Time, was published in 2011. His latest book, Heart: An American Medical Odyssey, was released in October 2013.